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Question about Raccoons and other similar animals

Posted on 12/8/14 at 3:49 am
Posted by LosLobos111
Austere
Member since Feb 2011
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Posted on 12/8/14 at 3:49 am
I'm hearing sounds in my attic(or on the roof) that resemble the following:

Human-esque footsteps
Thumping/Banging
Scurrying

I think it's a raccoon or possibly a possum but I'm not 100% certain.

The sounds happen at night/early morning mostly.

Posted by DownSouthDave
Beau, Bro, Baw
Member since Jan 2013
7366 posts
Posted on 12/8/14 at 3:52 am to
It could be a raccoon, opossum or squirrel. One of those have a heart traps with cat food would catch a coon or opossum pretty quick.
Posted by A_bear
baton rouge
Member since Sep 2013
1960 posts
Posted on 12/8/14 at 4:38 am to
Could be a squirrel. They're louder than you think when they get in an attic. A raccoon got in one of the rooms on the 2nd floor of my grandma's house and wrecked that room. That was very loud, little bastard messed up the walls and furniture, it looked and sounded like a bull was up there. If you're just hearing scurrying, I would guess a squirrel. Buy a couple of those have a heart traps, bait 1 with canned cat food as mentioned above, and the other with some pecans.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
89483 posts
Posted on 12/8/14 at 7:14 am to
quote:

Could be a squirrel. They're louder than you think when they get in an attic.


Yeah, because they don't creep around like a mouse or a cat even, they hop.
Posted by Hammertime
Will trade dowsing rod for titties
Member since Jan 2012
43030 posts
Posted on 12/8/14 at 8:59 am to
I swear we had squirrel cage matches in a house I lived in on Brightside. One day, one of them lost and fell into the wall behind the kitchen cabinets. fricker rotted in there for almost 2 months, and the smell was so bad, you could smell it walking up to the house
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81604 posts
Posted on 12/8/14 at 9:08 am to
Homeless person waiting for you to leave before coming down.
Posted by bootlegger
Ponchatoula
Member since Dec 2012
5332 posts
Posted on 12/8/14 at 9:38 am to
Parents had flying squirrels in their attic. They had to cut down the oak tree close to the house to get rid of the problem. They were accessing the house from the tree.
Posted by CHEDBALLZ
South Central LA
Member since Dec 2009
21909 posts
Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:36 am to
Have a heart trap baited with fried won tons from a Chinese Joint is irresistible to a racoon.
Posted by Skywalker
St. George
Member since Jul 2010
1248 posts
Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:40 am to
I think you have a family of squirrels in your attic.
Posted by 34venture
Buffer Zone
Member since Mar 2010
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Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:43 am to
Posted by LSUvegasbombed
Red Stick
Member since Sep 2013
15464 posts
Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:50 am to
raccoon

I had a momma get in my wall by the guest bathroom and had babies... I had to call a rodent removal company and get holes chopped in the wall to remove them. Momma was gone during the day when we removed 5 little babies.

Boy was that momma pissed when she returned that night after eliminating the place where she would enter\leave
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
81604 posts
Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:55 am to
Posted by KingRanch
The Ranch
Member since Mar 2012
61590 posts
Posted on 12/8/14 at 11:02 am to
I'm the smartest raccoon I know
Posted by ZacAttack
The Land Mass
Member since Oct 2012
6416 posts
Posted on 12/8/14 at 12:20 pm to
Squirrels sounds like, we have them in our attic in the fall and on the roof. Sounds like an army marching around up there. Cut all the tree limbs away from the roof.
Posted by BFIV
Virginia
Member since Apr 2012
7709 posts
Posted on 12/8/14 at 12:58 pm to
quote:

Buy a couple of those have a heart traps, bait 1 with canned cat food as mentioned above, and the other with some pecans.



Squirrels love peanut butter, too. Makes a great bait for those live traps, especially in the attic. Been there, done that.
Posted by TeddyPadillac
Member since Dec 2010
25454 posts
Posted on 12/8/14 at 1:27 pm to
quote:

I'm hearing sounds in my attic(or on the roof) that resemble the following:



I thought i heard similar problems as well above my bathroom. Turned out it was limbs from the tree brushing against the roof when the wind blew.
Posted by 911Moto
Member since Sep 2013
5491 posts
Posted on 12/8/14 at 2:12 pm to
I had squirrels in the attic a couple years ago. They avoided the traps like the plague. The epic battle that ensued between me and those squirrels would rival that of Bill Murray and the gophers in Caddyshack. When the babies eventually came out, I picked them off like fish in a barrel. But the parents - those frickers were SMART.
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